Details

Ruined castle. Started after 1157, reconstructed in stone C13, extensively
rebuilt in 1541.

The earliest work is a motte and bailey castle, the finest medieval earthwork
in the county. Ruined walls in~squared stone.

The ruins include a stretch of curtain wall c.40 yards long and 15 ft. high
with the remains of an angle tower at the north end. This wall separated the
bailey from an unfortified courtyard beyond. On the motte are extensive
fragments of a shell keep with one deeply-splayed C16 gun loop still in situ.
Two other smaller, but still high and dramatic fragments of the curtain wall
also remain.

Northumberland County History Vol.15.

Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: NT9323004796

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